WHO = World Health Organization, etc. is expected to secure nearly 2 billion vaccines in a framework to fairly deliver the new coronavirus vaccine to countries around the world including developing countries, and will distribute it by March next year. I made it clear that I would start.
WHO and the international organization "Gavi Vaccine Alliance" working on vaccination in developing countries have launched the "COVAX Facility", a framework for fair distribution of vaccines, and 190 countries and regions including Japan are participating.
WHO and others said on the 18th that this framework is expected to secure nearly 2 billion vaccines by the end of next year, and that it will start distribution to countries and regions participating in the framework by March next year. Did.
COVAX is supporting the development of 10 vaccines, including vaccines developed by British pharmaceutical giants AstraZeneca and Oxford University, and vaccines developed by American pharmaceutical company Moderna, as well as American pharmaceutical giant Johnson End.・ It is expected to be supplied by Johnson, French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, and British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline.